Electric-heater kit



Oct. 20, 1931.

M. A. ROLLMAN ELECTRIC HEATER KIT Filed July 16 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Oct. 20, 1931.

M. A. ROLLMAN ELECTRIC HEATER KIT Patented Oct. 20, 1931 UNITED STATESMICHAEL A. ROLLMAN, OF MOUNT J'OY, PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC-HEATER KITApplication filed July 16,

The object of this invention is to provide a simple kit in the form of ametallic box adapted to be conveniently handled and transported andwhich is adapted to house an electric sad iron having the usualremovable heating-element in the form of a shoe, means being providedwhereby this shoe, when removed from the iron, may be used either forheating purposes or for cooking purposes, as more fully hereinafter setforth.

Roferrin g to the drawings annexed- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of thekit box closed;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the top-cover and the end-cover open;Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the device adapted for heatingpurposes;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the device adapted for cooking purposes.

Referring to the drawings annexed by reference-numerals, 5 designates ametallic rectangular box having a cover 6 hinged to one of itslongitudinal edges and an end-cover 7 hinged to one end of the bottom ofthe box so as to open out flat against a support.

Within the box, near its top edge, is a grating 8 composed oflongitudinal and horizontal wires or rods, the transverse rod 9, nearestthe open end of the box, being set back from the end of the box, and theadjacent extreme corners of the side-walls of the box being rigidlyconnected by a rod 10.

The box is large enough to house an electric sad iron 11 carrying aremovable heat ing-shoe 12 which is provided with the usual socket 13for the reception of the usual electric plug (not shown). The shoe isremovably fastened within the iron by means of a screw 14. Upon removalfrom the iron-body,

the shoe is adapted to be placed in a sheetmetal tray, as shown in Figs.3 and 4, said tray consisting of a bottom-plate 15 and sidewalls 16between which the shoe is adapted to fit. The free edges of thesidewalls 16 are provided with lateral flanges 17 Whose edges are inturn provided with flanges 18 which lie substantially parallel with theside-walls 16. The side-walls 16' and the lateral flanges 17 bulgeoutwardly at one end of the tray to receive the outwardly- 1929. SerialNo. 378,649.

projecting enlargements 19 formed on the shoe, so that, when the shoe isplaced in the tray, these enlargements 19 will suspend or support theshoe within the tray, as shown particularly in Fig. 3. Two sets ofinwardly-projecting pins 20 are afiixed to the inner faces of theside-walls of the box, near the grid or grating 8, one set being alittle nearer the grating than the other set.

As shown in Fig. 2, when the kit is out of use, the sad iron rests uponthe bottom of the box and the tray rests on the lower set of pins 20,with its bottom-wall 16 adjacent the grid 8, to thus provide room forthe handle of the sad iron. When the sad iron is used for ironingpurposes, the grid 8 may be used as a stand for holding the hot iron, inwhich use of the apparatus the tray has no function except, of course,that the lower set of pins is so located and the tray is so constructedthat the tray may be left in position without interfering with thecompact housing of the 1I'OI1 when the ironing work is finished. When itis desired to use the kit for cooking purposes, the shoe 12 is removedfrom the iron by loosening the screw 14 and sliding it rearwardly out ofthe shell of the iron, and the shoe is then placed on the tray, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4; and then the tray is slid endwisely into the box oneither one set of pins 20 or the other set; the top set if a hot fire isneeded and the lower set if a slower fire is needed. When thus slid intothe box, the flanges 18 of the tray ride on the pins, and, if the upperset of pins is used, then the top surface of the shoe is brought closeto the grid to thus render the device efficient in toasting bread, etc.When the device is to be used merely as an air-heater, i. e., a heaterfor raising the temperature of a room, the tray is inserted down intothe space between the rods 9. and 10 and inclined outwardly, so that itslower end rests upon the flat open cover 7 which of course rests uponthe support. To hold the tray in this inclined position, one or morepins or lugs 21 are attached to the inner side of the cover 7 In thisairheating position, the tray rests against the bar 9 and is held frombeing displaced by the rod 10, and the heating element is held in aninclined position for disseminating the heat into the room.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have hereindescribed the 5 principle of operation of my invention, together withthe apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodimentsthereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus disclosedis only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by othermeans. Also, while it is designed to use the various features andelements in the combinations and relations described some of these maybe altered and others omitted and some of the features of eachmodification may be embodied in the others without inter fering with themore general results outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

hat I claim as new is:

9 1. I11 an electric heating kit, a box having an openable top-cover andalso a grid within the box near its top edge, supporting elements on theside-walls of the box projecting inwardly at points below the grid, atray adapted to rest on these supporting elements, and a removableheating-shoe adapted to fit within said tray, for the purpose set forth.

2. In an electric heating kit, a box having an openable top-cover andalso an end-cover adapted to open downwardly and lie upon a support, agrid supported within the box near its upper edge, a removableheating-shoe, and atray adapted to fit between the side walls of the boxand have its lower edge rest on said end-cover and also adapted toremovably receive said heating-shoe.

3. An electric heating kit embodying a box having an openable top-coverand an openable end-cover and also a grid supported within the box nearits upper edge, the end of the grid next to the end-cover being set backfrom the end of the box, a tray adapted to rest. against said end of thegrid and be supported on the opened endcover, and a removableheating-shoe adapted to rest within said tray.

4. In an electric heating kit, a box having an openable top-cover andalso a grid within the box near its top edge, supporting elements 59 onthe side walls of the box projecting inwardly at points below the grid,a tray adapted to rest 011 these supporting elements, and a removableheating-shoe adapted to fit within said tray, said supporting elementsbeing arranged in two series one nearer the grid than the other, andsaid tray being adapted to rest on either one series.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

MICHAEL A. ROLLMAN.

